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From building fences to protecting wildlife: Kingsley Kwalyambumu‘s journey in Simalaha
01 October 2026
In 2012, Kingsley Kwalyambumu earned a living as a casual labourer, helping build a fence in Zambia’s Simalaha Community Conservancy. While working on the fence, Kingsley encountered Simalaha’s community scouts and began learning more about their work of protecting wildlife and supporting communities living alongside it. Today, Kingsley serves as a Wildlife Police Officer with […]
READ MOREBiodiversity, Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
From recovery to a stronger future: Zinave’s path to resilience
23 Jul 2026
Zinave National Park has come back from decades of disruption. The next step is to build on that recovery, because the true test of conservation is not only what can be restored, but what can be...
Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Simalaha Community Conservancy, TFCAs
Old wisdom, new choices: how communities in Simalaha are restoring land and livelihoods
15 Jul 2026
Restoring degraded land starts with something many thought impossible: hundreds of households agreeing to manage it together. Across Zambia’s Simalaha Community Conservancy, people are restoring rangelands and revitalising livelihoods through collective grazing management....
Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, In Conversation, Lubombo TFCA, Mozambique, Partnerships, Zinave National Park
In Conversation with Dr. Bartolomeu Soto
02 Jun 2026
Reflecting on over a decade of strategic collaboration: Mozambique’s National Administration for Conservation Areas (ANAC) recently celebrated 15 years of conservation leadership. At the anniversary celebrations in Maputo, Peace Parks Foundation was recognised...
Community, Community Development, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Kruger National Park
Community leaders help shape landscape governance across Greater Kruger
29 May 2026
How do communities become part of systems shaping safety, conservation and decision-making across one of southern Africa’s most complex conservation landscapes? This question brought together 52 community representatives from across the Greater Kruger...
Community, Community Development, Conservation, General, Nyika National Park, SA College for Tourism, Southern African Wildlife College
Powered by players, protecting landscapes
21 May 2026
Every protected landscape has a visible story: wildlife returning, communities building resilience, and rivers, forests and grasslands better protected. But behind that visible progress is another story: one of trust, flexible funding and...
Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA
How connected landscapes are shaping the future of conservation
13 May 2026
The Global Affairs Canada-funded Restoring African Rangelands Project Across southern Africa, conservation is increasingly moving beyond fenced parks and into shared landscapes where people, wildlife and livelihoods depend on the same land. In...
